This is a 1906/08 DWM (Deutsche
Waffen und Munitions Fabriken) Military Navy. This
piece is a 6
inch (15cm) barreled 9mm Parabellum with the Navy adjustable rear sight
and matching three matching Navy magazines. The stock is serial
numbered to the gun and the Wilhelmshaven Werft number matches the gun and
the stock. Complete! (772)

The first toggle link is marked
with the DWM logo. This 1906 Navy has the Gesichert marked safety (up). There is the two-position (100-200m)
sight on the rear toggle link and the last two digits of the serial number
appear.

This Navy is the classic; complete with matching
magazines. The Luger is all matching and
this
model has a hold open latch and of course the stock lug. There are no export markings so
you are getting a true military gun.. The barrel is in excellent
condition.

This is a
collector grade gun with all matching numbers including the grips. Serial number
placement is in the civilian ("hidden") style as was customary
with the Navy's directives. The serial
number appears on the front of the frame, on the bottom of the locking
bolt, on the trigger, on the bottom of the barrel, the side plate, the
rear of back toggle, and under the first toggle and on the stock.

The grips are serial numbered to the gun as the two
extra magazines and the correct pouch.

You can see the classic Navy concentric ring magazine
base. There are many theories as to why the rings on the Navy magazines;
7.65 - vs. - 9mm, to separate the magazines for accountability. The P-04
as the German Navy called the Luger was the first military contract with
the German military and the 9mm round was just emerging. Early
Parabellums manufactured with 9mm barrels had the bottom of the magazines
marked Cal 9mm. This might have been the Navy's way to identify the
9nn round by feel. No one to ask today to clarify that issue.

The holster is intact with all
the stitching intact and the pull strap works. There is a Navy
cleaning rod and a Marinen marked loading tool. In our 35 years of dealing
in Lugers we have never seen such a complete Navy Rig.

Note how the Werft Wilhelmshaven
number matches the back strap of the gun. (7116)

In January 1914
German Navy correspondence indicates action was being taken to remove the
grip safety. Between March 1915 and October 1916 there were 5800
Lugers delivered to the Keil Werft. There was a total order for 8500
ordered and in October 1916 correspondence indicates that the orders were
filled. This means that 3700 Navy 1908 models went to Wilhelmshaven
wherever else they could have gone. Not too many.

On February 2nd, 1910 the
Reichs-Marine-Amt instructed the naval units that accountability would
move from serial numbers to weapon numbers and issued the order for the
application of the disc on the stocks to contain the weapon number. All
Pistolen 1904 received prior to this order were to be returned to the
wharf from which they were issued for the installation of the Gewehr 98
style disc that we have come to identify with the Navy Luger.

The Werft Wilhelmshaven
weapon number (7116) matches the disc on the stock. Here we begin to
note that the cut of the rear frame of the gun allows for the grip
safety which is our first indication that this Parabellum was built on a
1906 frame.

See below how the frame was
milled for the 1906 grip safety lever and then marked on the frame for
the insertion of a pin to narrow the opening to accommodate the new sear
bar lever. Although 6000 of these guns had been made in an order
for 8,500 there were still 1906 style frames being used.

Here is another picture that
shows the slot milled for the grip safety lever and how it was pinned to
accept the new sear bar lever.

All matching Navy rigs takes on
a new meaning for the term rare. There weren't that many Navy's
that survived the war from a group of Luger orders that wasn't that big
in the first place. Here is a Navy (Marinen) marked loading tool
that comes with the rig.

The inside of the gun is clean with no
evidence or pitting or rust. It has been cared for many years. This
gun is an exceptional Luger being in such fine shape and bearing all the
correct proofs and markings to make it a text book "Navy".
Note wide flanged rear toggle pin, not usually found on early 1906 model
Navy's.

Clear deep set proof and extensive inspectors marks
makes this transition gun an easy one to see who was looking at it during
manufacture.

Extraordinary Classic
Navy rig in a transitional variation, a must have for the Navy Collector.

This is a seldom seen early 1906/08 Luger for
sale, let alone a complete rig with an all matching gun, matching stock,
matching wharf markings, Marinen marked loading tool, Navy cleaning rod
all in this
extraordinarily fine condition.